Scott Stewart Photography

2009-07-03T22:48:00.006-04:00

As Summer Dies

2009-07-01T00:39:00.018-04:00

I just shot the senior citizens in The Germs, ya know how conversation can be a chore with older folks? Very similar vibe with Don and Lorna.

*sidenote* Hired gun, actor-vocalist Shane West clearly does not fall into the old folks category...

Pat Smear was sooo not into getting his picture taken. He was cool, just has severe A.D.D...it's worse than mine, and that's hard to fathom...

I had to keep screaming at him "Pat look @ me!!" Lorna would also give him a nudge and tell him to look my way...what a nightmare...

I intitally wanted to shoot them in the afternoon, the light was perfect, I found a few cools spots outside of the club, there was no rain and all the pseudo punk rawk sub-humans hadn't shown up yet.

Jerry, the bands tour manager had a different plan, he asked me to do it just before they go on stage. Brilliant. That's never a good idea, yes the band has there makeup on and hair in place, however you always get rushed and it's uncomfortable, which equates to you not doing your best work...

So, essentially here I am trying to shoot the band with a 150 drunk idiots surrounding them, camera phones out and albums they want signed tucked under there arms.

I was so vexxed @ this point. Where thee f*&k is Jerry the tour manager and other roadie for the the band!?!

HELLO!!! How about some crowd control!

Every frame I take has to be followed with "Hey moron! Get the fuck out of my shot!"...One idiot had the balls to stand directly in front of me with a shitty point and shoot taking pics, I almost dropped him like a bag of dirt...not fun

Anyway, I posted some new snaps of Pat Martino, Marcus Miller, Eric Alexander, Ryan Shaw and Terell Stafford on the site...

I've been listening to:

Suicide City - Frenzy

Mastodon - Crack the Skye

Street Sweeper Social Club - Selftitled

The Who - Odd & Sods

Shad K

Arkaea - Years in the Darkness

Westbound Train I dig it all...I'm a sucka' for ska

2009-06-21T12:15:00.023-04:00

My SKINDRED shoot was excellent, many beers, lots of laughs, great time...super nice guys...have a look

Wig = $3.00
Top Hat = $10.00
Ray Ban Glasses = $150.00
Clove, smoke = 0.40
ESP Limited = $1500.00

Pics of Skindred as Slash = priceless

2009-06-10T10:40:00.010-04:00

I did a shoot a few weeks back with my homie Sean Jefferson, an excellent jazz drummer...He'll be playing the Rochester International Jazz Fest this week, if you make it out to the Fest, don't miss em'

Also did a photo shoot with Skindred last week, had an absolute blasty blast!

Big hugs and smoochs to my bud Kurt for letting 4 South Wales blokes and 6 Yanks in his beautiful studio to drink, snap and drink some more...

Sean Jefferson

2009-06-04T00:10:00.013-04:00

Mushroomhead wreck s**t live! The stage set is straight out of a Clive Barker, Hellraiser movie.

I should have brought my parka, at the front of the stage there are two huge floor toms on either side, both filled with enough water to fill a reservoir.

Now, if you haven't witnessed a Mushroomhead show, but have seen someone like say The Blue Man Group, then you'll pick up what I'm laying down...Ya' know that part in the BMG show when they go beserk on the huge drums, and for the duration of that tune everything in a 25 foot radius is covered in neon paint, v'iola...fuhgedaboutit...

2009-05-27T00:07:00.012-04:00

Had a chance to kick it with Mistress Juliya on Friday night, super cool chick and an absolute sweetheart...she's in killer shape, looked totally gorgeous...

Juliya was a complete pro, this shoot was done @ the beach after midnight, it was a lil chilly down by the water, she was a trooper...I'd love to get her in the studio with my medium format camera and blast away, she'd look stellar in black & white pics, done by the master!!

2009-05-23T12:39:00.010-04:00

Burn Halo...

2009-05-22T10:50:00.007-04:00

New shit from Korn, also added a shot of Fieldy in my Music III port...

2009-05-13T11:03:00.006-04:00

The last time I attended a reggae show was Buju Banton a few years back, no wait it was actually Toots and the Maytals @ the 2007 Jazz Festival, that was good times...

Last weeks Capleton, Junior Reid gig was a drag. I got to the venue @ 9:30-10:00 o'clock, way to freeg'n early, I should have pre-gamed before heading out. Junior Reid didn't go on until 1:00am, in what universe does this happen? I've been to plenty of reggae/dancehall shows and this has never, eva' been the case, *shrugs* oh well.

So essentially Junior Reid got a 20 minute set and Capleton went on @ 1:30am giving the crowd 25 minutes...I think tickets were $35.00 to $40.00? I'm astonished people didn't riot...

I should have stayed @ the crib and made it a BlockBuster night, I had Control (the flick based on Ian Curtis - Joy Division vocalist) all ready to go in the DVD player.

The only thing that saved my evening from complete and total boredom was me and my homie j3o bag'n on the half naked broads, these chicks must own mirror's, yes? tragic...the drinks helped to.

Capleton

2009-05-05T22:44:00.007-04:00

It's excellent when your work gets credited properly...WTF?!? http://vampirefreaks.com/picview.php?pic_id=17080733&user=suicidecity&uid=1988449&title=&c=0&x=9&d=&g=1&s=3&fid=0

Black Label Society

2009-05-03T12:29:00.016-04:00

Never been a big fan of the Rap/Metal/Rock genre, it was rubbish and I'm glad it's come and gone...Only one band did it justice, and that was Rage Against the Machine.

My shoot with Hollywood Undead last week had me all nostalgic about the demise or resurrection (fingers crossed that doesn't happen again) of that genre...

I did some digging through my older pics, and found a pile of Limp Bizkit, HED pe and Korn, circa 96 - 97

The first KORN album in 94' was groundbreaking, but seriously, did you care about anything the band put out after that?

HED pe's 1st album was also quite excellent, again everything after that release, who cares.

I remember vividly the moment I got turned on to this band from Cali, fronted by a charismatic, dreadlocked, didgeridoo playing vocalist.

Brandon's vocal acrobatics initially reminded me a lot of Mike Patton, the musicianship, harmonies and songwriting killed me, S.C.I.E.N.C.E is still my favorite Incubus album.

In late 96 early 97' Incubus made a change in the line-up, DJ Lyfe got the axe and Kilmore was called in to pick up duty on the wheels. Once the line-up was sorted out they hit the road in support of the S.C.I.E.N.C.E album.

It was a blast seeing and shooting them so early in there career...it's been ages, I can't wait to shoot them again this summer...

Stemm interview: http://www.planet-loud.com/interview.php?band=Stemm&interview_id=1207

Incubus 97' touring in support of S.C.I.E.N.C.E

Fred with a fistful of bra...

Fred, DJ Lethal, John and Wes Borland 96'

You're # 1

2009-04-26T23:22:00.019-04:00

I shot Static-X last week, I haven't seen them since the late 90's, actually I think it was early 2000. I really dug the Wisconsin Death Trip album, after that I sort of lost interest.

The last time I shot them Ken Jay was still playing drums, not sure what happened with him, he was cool as a fan, and could drink like a champ, we got destroyed after the bands set on many an occasion. I was looking through some of my older Static pics, it's insane the amount of b&w film I was shooting back then, I'll publish some older shots later in the week.

When I got to the venue I was informed by Static's tour manager Dink (yes that's what he goes by, I'm not making it up) that Wayne would rather hang out on the bus with his porn star squeeze Tera Wray then get his photo taken... I can see Wayne scratching his head debating, should I take photos with Scott Stewart and do some press or just chill with my wickedly hot porn star wifey? hmm Scott or hottie? Scott or hottie?...Tera has many talents, some of them I'm sure you're hip to, but did you know, she is quite the agile cocktail waitress, she fetch's the band shots inbetween songs, at a girl, Wayne got himself a keeper. I blasted off some frames of Tony and Koichi in the bands dressing room, just portrait stuff, also shot them live...

The yard apes (security staff) that the Townballroom in Buffalo NY have on staff are absolute idiots, I'm not going to get into a rant, that just needs to be said...

The Chi Cheng auction is done, I'll post up details from that when I sort them out...Thanks to everyone who bid!

I also put a few new Static-X photos in Port III on my site...

(Shitty photo used to illustrate my point)

2009-04-17T00:53:00.013-04:00

7Dust

2009-04-12T13:52:00.020-04:00

Chi Cheng, Deftones bassist

Photo Auction Benefit:

Starting 4/12/09 and ending 4/26/09 you can bid on the the image below. This photo was taken on the bands last tour in upstate NY.

Specifics; The photo will be printed @ 16x20 on Fuji Crystal Archive paper from the negative. I will package, and insure. All proceeds from the auction will be going to www.oneloveforchi.com

If you would like to bid please use the following e-mail address to do so, mail@scottstewartphotos.com

I'll update my blog periodically over the next few weeks with a status on the auction.

Image I

This week I'll add some of my 7dust and Black Label Society pics to the site...

I found these photos of Christian Scott in a pile of my jazz prints...

2009-03-31T15:21:00.004-04:00

I'm going to be auctioning off two 16x20 prints of Chi (Deftones bassist) these live images have never been published and were taken on the bands last tour. Both images will be printed on Fuji Crystal Archive paper. All proceeds from the auction will be going to ---> www.oneloveforchi.com

I will update this blog with the images, auction start price, a start time and contact info.

I had a chance to shoot a true icon on Saturday, I've seen him play a number of times but have never shot him. I got to the show an hour before BB's set, and ran into one of my buds, Frank DeBlase

FD, was slinging drinks on the 3rd floor of the Auditorium, we chopped it up and while chatting FD pumped me with Jack and Cokes...

DeBlase, bartender/photographer/writer extradoinaires recipe for JD and Coke---Get your hands on a 20.oz cup, add three ice cubes and 18.0z of Jack Daniels, fill the remaining two ounces with Coke and let the good times roll...

Skindred interview

Below are some of my images from BB King

2009-03-25T15:11:00.011-04:00

My homie Christian Scott re-vamped his site, it looks good, he's using a few of my older photos. We did a shoot @ Kilbourn Hall back in 07', the venue is gorgeous, the architecure inside the Hall is absolutely stunning...

http://www.christianscott.net/

Christian's twin brother Kiel is an accomplished visual artist, he's done the artwork and photos for "Rewind That" and "Anthem"

Below are pics from Protest the Hero

2009-03-17T23:48:00.016-04:00

Here's a few snaps from The Aggrolites and Flogging Molly hometown throwdown on 3/11 and 3/12 in the ROC...I had a blast!

For shits and giggles, lets take Dennis Casey away from the Flogging Molly equation all together, I know you don't want to think of FM without him, it bums me out to, lets just pretend for a moment...ok so, put all the rock guitar god stuff aside, and what you're left with is a genuinely cool cat, who kisses his grandma before playing a set of rowdy ear numming punk rock...

Drums: Rikki - The Aggrolites

Keys: Roger - The Aggrolites

Gits: Brian - The Aggrolites

Bass: Jeff - The Aggrolites

Gits, Lead Vox: Jesse - The Agrrolites

2009-03-08T21:23:00.008-04:00

With St. Patty's day right around the corner, here are some Flogging Molly pics from a couple years ago...

2009-03-05T00:09:00.012-05:00

Thursday have a new album out called Common Existence...It took a few listens to grow on me, it's now in my daily rotation...they're super nice guys...I've been listening to them for ages, my first exposure was the Waiting album back in 97'...I remember shooting them live in the late 90's a year before Full Collapse even came out...

I pulled some of my older live shots of Steve and Geoff, and a couple candids of the band goofing off...the candids are more recent...check out the shot with Steve blinking, it kills me because everyone else looks great with the exception of Steve...the black & whites were shot with illford 400, through my EOS1...also posting some live shots from last week...

2009-02-23T16:42:00.012-05:00

Had a chance to sit down and chop it up with Benji, vocalist for the Mighty Skindred...wicked cool, he's the kinda cat you could rap music with for hours...

Dred's first album "Babylon" has some of the greatest "driving..singing in the shower..dancing around the crib..feel good music" that's dropped in the past 10 years..."Selector", "Set it Off" etc etc etc...

"Roots Rock Riot" Skindred's newest album is just as killer...Brilliant band, go and check em' out...

Below, are a few exclusive photos from my shoot with Benji and Skindred..

2009-02-13T11:28:00.016-05:00

More pics of The Knux...For this batch I used illford 400, pushed a stop, shooting through my Canon EOS-1, my choice of glass the EF 50mm 1:1.4 lens...

2009-02-01T22:54:00.008-05:00

My homie's in STEMM are using one of my pics for a tour poster...dig

NAS @ RIT...Initially it looked I would have some time to shoot with him but that got 86'd @ the last minute, so I had to settle for live pics...his schedule was tight, I heard dude rolled from the airport to the campus, bounced out of his car and on stage, after his set he went straight to the whip and back to the airport... audi...Green Lantern originally from the 585 held it down on the wheels of steel...below are a few pics from NAS...

2009-01-26T11:20:00.007-05:00

Al and Krispy of The Knux are down for anything, I really dig that about those cats.

No bullshit attitudes, very laid back chill bruthas.

The Knux rider contains:

1) Water
2) A Bible (RIT one of the most expensive "$40,000 yearly" prestigious learning institutions in the country didn't have the real deal Holy Bible, so for my shoot we used "The Story of God")
3) 1 Box of Lifestyles or Rough Rider condoms (ribbed)
4) M&M's (only green, the rest need to be removed)

Let the fun begin!

2009-01-14T12:53:00.025-05:00

It's super cold in NY, todays high is supposed to be 10 degrees...

Recently, I've had a few magazines ask for a look at some of my older stock photos...while pulling negatives and scrolling through portfolios I added some images I thought you would dig to this blog...most of these pics have never been published...

Living Colour

Jeru the Damaja

Lifesavas

Omar: Mars Volta

Mindless Self Indulgence

More, Vernon Reid with some toys

Hub The Roots

Stanley Clarke

Raul Midon

2009-01-06T14:30:00.007-05:00

Here's a few pics from my Fall of Troy shoot last year...Tom looks like a younger Malcolm McDowell A Clock Work Orange era, in his hat...